California lawmakers are considering legislation to restrict social media use for teens and children under 16 years old.

Pinterest’s CEO, Bill Ready, has called for governments to ban social media for users under 16 in a new Time op-ed. He’s now ...

A review of the betting market’s social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts.

Sawyer has received funding from NHMRC, other government and philanthropic grants to undertake research on mental health and social media. She is a member of the eSafety Commission's Academic Advisory ...

"At the end of the day, everything you see on social media is being shaped by it." The study examines the relationship among three groups that make platforms like YouTube function: creators who ...

For some Democrats, generational change comes with a cringey social media past. By Katie Glueck It’s tough to imagine former Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, 73, taking to Reddit forums to confess ...

Every time you scroll, like or share on a social media platform, an algorithm is watching, learning and deciding what you see next. But how many of us stop to think about what’s actually driving those ...

In December 2025, Australia became the first country to bar anyone under 16 from keeping or making social media accounts. The penalty for companies violating the law is a fine of up to $49.5 million ...

SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 04: In this photo illustration, the Facebook and Instagram apps are seen on the screen of an iPhone on October 04, 2021 in San Anselmo, California. Social media ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A teen engrossed in his smartphone. Australia's December ban on social media sites for those under 16 is designed to get kids off ...

Big Tech may be on the verge of its Big Tobacco moment. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, one of the leading architects of the modern online world, testified for the first time before a jury this week over ...